FOI_25-276 Applicants from SEN schools who went on to do a Phd

Date of response: 01 October 2025

We have now considered your request of 12 September 2025 for the following information:

To your knowledge, have you ever had a student apply from a Special School (only 1.7 % of students at University are from Special Schools), and achieve the following

BSc or Equivalent

MSc or Equivalent

and then be accepted to do a Phd ?

Our response:

No. The University of East Anglia has not had any students apply from a SEN School who achieved an BSc or MSc or equivalent who then went on to study a PhD.